Stars and Fans Say Goodbye to ‘TRL’

November 17th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

“TRL,” the afternoon video show that has been an MTV flagship for 10 years, came to an end on Sunday night with the network’s version of a New Orleans funeral.

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Music Review | New York Philharmonic: Philharmonic Past Speaks to Its Future

November 17th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

Alan Gilbert led the New York Philharmonic through suites from “On the Waterfront” and “West Side Story” on Friday as part of an ongoing festival honoring Leonard Bernstein.

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Music Review | Garrick Ohlsson: Pianist Celebrates Scriabin as Angular Impressionist

November 17th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

The pianist Garrick Ohlsson brought fingers, fortitude and a freewheeling imagination to his all-Scriabin recital on Saturday evening at the 92nd Street Y.

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Music Review | Matt Haimovitz: Plug in Cello, Add D.J. and Club, Then Stir

November 17th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

The cellist Matt Haimovitz, no stranger to offbeat spaces, played at Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday.

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Music Review | ‘Kafka Fragments’: When Everyday Actions Become Existential Events

November 15th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

Dawn Upshaw whispers, shrieks and sings with ravishing warmth, and she moves easily from the mundane to the comic to sheer terror.

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Report: New Romance for Joe Jonas

November 13th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |
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C.M.A. Again Picks Chesney as Entertainer of the Year

November 13th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

For the fourth time, the Country Music Association’s gave its top award to Kenny Chesney on Wednesday.

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Mitch Mitchell Dies at 62; Drummer for Jimi Hendrix

November 13th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

Mr. Mitchell, a jazzy and versatile drummer, was one of two Englishmen in the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

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Music Review | Jeremy Denk: Soul Mates on the Wild Side: Transcendental Ives and Mavericky Beethoven

November 13th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

In his exciting sold-out recital at Zankel Hall on Tuesday night the pianist Jeremy Denk paired Charles Ives’s “Concord” Sonata and Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” Sonata.

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Music Review | Brian Stokes Mitchell: Did Someone Say an Impossible Dream? Not Anymore

November 13th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

Brian Stokes Mitchell seized the moment on Tuesday evening when he opened a too-short five-night engagement at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.

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Kenny Chesney wins CMA’s Entertainer of the Year

November 12th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

Kenny Chesney avoids shutout, wins CMA Entertainer of the Year; Strait, Paisley, Nettles win 2

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Michael Jackson gives Neverland to corporation

November 12th, 2008 by Benedictus | No Comments | Filed in Music |

Michael Jackson deeds ownership of Neverland to corporation he partly owns

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